[mpich-discuss] command line ordering of hosts matters?

Jayesh Krishna jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
Tue Jul 13 20:22:02 CDT 2010


Hi,
 And regarding the autoconf problem, install autoconf in a separate directory (configure --prefix=MYAUTOTOOLSDIR /make/make install after downloading autoconf 2.63 from http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/#downloading). Also download automake and install in the same directory (MYAUTOTOOLSDIR).
 Now you can run "maint/updatefiles" script with the "--with-autotools" option (maint/updatefiles --with-autotools=MYAUTOTOOLSDIR). Let us know if it works.

Regards,
Jayesh
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I'm trying to compile the MPICH2 code package for Windows, following your "windevguide", with the hopes of tracing through the MPI code and finding where and why MPI_Bcast is failing. When I try to run "./maint/updatefies" from cygwin, it tells me I need autoconf version 2.63 (exactly). Unfortunately, it doesn't allow a newer version, and I'm running 2.65. How can I downgrade to 2.63? 
Thanks, 
David 



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Hi Jayesh, 

Yes, I can run a simple non-MPI program (ie. the program "hostname") successfully with " mpiexec -hosts 2 10.0.0.101 1 10.0.0.6 1 hostname ". I see both hostnames get printed out, and then the program exits. The ordering of hosts does not matter in this case. 
I see the exact same behavior as before when I provide the complete path to the executable; ie. the MPI_Bcase never completes if I put 10.0.0.101 before 10.0.0.6. 
I see the exact same behavior as before when I use the machinefile option. 

With regards to checking the control panel, I assume you mean the "Processes" tab of the Windows Task Manager? If so, which processes should I be looking for as the program runs? I changed the MPI "hello world" app to MPI_Bcast a very large buffer over and over, so that I can look for some kind of process in the Windows Task Manager. What is the name of the process I should be looking for? Thanks, 

David 


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Hi, 
Along with checking whether the processes are launched, please provide us with the information below, 

# Are you able to run a simple non-MPI program (mpiexec -hosts 2 10.0.0.101 1 10.0.0.6 1 hostname)? 
# Try providing the complete path to the executable (mpiexec -hosts 2 10.0.0.101 1 10.0.0.6 1 c:\temp\helloworld.exe). Without the complete path you might actually be executing two different MPI programs on the hosts. 
# Does the machinefile option work (mpiexec -n 2 -machinefile mf.txt c:\temp\helloworld.exe ; Where the file mf.txt contains the host ipaddresses)? 

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Jayesh 
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Hi Jayesh, 
On both machines, when I type, "smpd -version", both display "1.2.1p1". 
When I call "MPI_Get_version()" on both machines, they both show version 2, subversion 2. 

Both machines are running 64-bit Windows Vista. 

I'll check the control panel to see if the MPI processes are being launched. 

David 



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Hi, 
Which version of MPICH2 are you using ? 
Do the two machines have the same underlying architecture (MPICH2 currently does not support heterogeneous systems - So you cannot run your job across 32-bit and 64-bit machines/MPICH2_libs)? 
Also try checking the control panel to see if the MPI processes are being launched on the machines. 

Regards, 
Jayesh 

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Firewall is turned off on both machines. 
There is no error message... the MPI_Bcase simply never completes. I've left it running for 10 minutes, and the second printf ("completed MPI_Bcast") never appears when I use the second host ordering below ("10.0.0.101 1 10.0.0.6 1"). 
When I run "smpd -status 10.0.0.6" from 10.0.0.101, I see the message "smpd running on 10.0.0.6". When I run "smpd -status 10.0.0.101" from 10.0.0.6, I see the message "smpd running on 10.0.0.101". 



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Hi, 
Do you have a firewall running on any of these machines (If so, can you try running your job after turning off the firewall)? 
What is the error message that you get when you run your job ? 
Can you try running "smpd -status REMOTE_MACHINE" from each of the machines and let us know the results ("smpd -status 10.0.0.6" from 10.0.0.101 & "smpd -status 10.0.0.101" from 10.0.0.6)? 

Regards, 
Jayesh 
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Hi, 
When running a very basic "hello world" app, I've found that the app's behavior depends on the order I use for hosts in the command line. For example, if I use: 

mpiexec -hosts 2 10.0.0.6 1 10.0.0.101 1 helloworld.exe 

The program executes flawlessly. But, if I use: 

mpiexec -hosts 2 10.0.0.101 1 10.0.0.6 1 helloworld.exe 

then the program never gets past the call to "MPI_Bcast()". Here is my code: 

------------------- 

#include "mpi.h" 

#define MPI_FLUSH() fflush(stdout) 

int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) 
{ 
int g_Thread_ID, g_Num_Threads; 
int test = 0; 

/**************************************************\ 
* MPI Initialization * 
\**************************************************/ 
MPI_Init(&argc, &argv); 
MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &g_Thread_ID); 
MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &g_Num_Threads); 

printf("thread %d: main: About to execute MPI_Bcast\n", g_Thread_ID); 
MPI_FLUSH(); 

// Broadcast integer 
int err = MPI_Bcast(&test, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); 

printf("thread %d: completed MPI_Bcast\n", g_Thread_ID); 
MPI_FLUSH(); 

MPI_Finalize(); 
} 

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I am running Windows Vista on both machines. Has anyone seen this before? Thanks, 
David 

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